Tag: alphabet Easter Eggs

As you know, I’m all about the cheap and easy around here. I need activities that don’t cost much money to create, because the twins go through activities every hour and I’m not that rich. But I also need activities that don’t cost too much of my time, because I’m working full-time and I don’t have any minutes to spare.

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What we do have in my house (with PLENTY to spare) are Easter eggs. We have SO many of them. They’re kind of the best toy around, I think. After pompoms, of course (I need to do a round up pompom post!). There’s just so much you can DO with Easter eggs, and they’re really quite inexpensive (get a big batch of them HERE). So last weekend I went on a mission to play with the eggs for two days straight to see how many cheap, simple games we could play. As Sunday drew to a close, we managed to squeeze in six activities – with many more we could have done. I geared these activities towards my twins’ age, 20 months – but honestly, you can practice reading and math skills for older kids with the eggs and babies can play with them as well. They’re a very versatile toy that should be used all year round.

Instead of bringing you all six in one post, I’m splitting them up, three and three. This is Part 1 of the no-prep games we played with Easter eggs. Part 2 will be coming soon!

This game was unbelievably simple, fun and FREE. The twins never had a ramp before, and even after it was used for eggs, they sent their cars, blocks and balls down to see what would happen. I got the idea here, and we modeled it pretty close to the original. I dug in the garage and found a sturdy old box. My husband kindly folded down and taped the sides, so the eggs would slide straight down the box. Then I set it up against the couch, gave the twins the eggs and let them play. It took them a few minutes to figure out how it worked, but once they got it, they thoroughly enjoyed letting the eggs sail.

Such a simple concept, and sometimes those are the ones that are the most fun! Even after they got tired of racing the eggs, they practiced their newest skills, under and over.

Since the weekend, the ramp has a permanent location in our toy area.

Another FREE activity that needed NO prep time whatsoever. It happened by accident, actually. I was getting set up for something else and then the twins asked for a pot. I tossed in the eggs and remembered I had some plastic ice cream dishes in the basement. The cups matched the eggs and an activity was born. I put out the cups and asked the twins to help put the eggs in the cups. They did the rest!

C delightfully pondered which cup to put the eggs in, and as she did so I’d ask her to name the colors. I’m finding C is really into gross motor activities, and she loved dancing around the pot as she chose her eggs.

B enjoyed opening and closing the eggs (a great fine motor skill, even for younger toddlers!), and then sorting them into the cups.

After the cups were filled, C dumped them and started over again!

This third (FREE!) Easter egg activity we did involved about two minutes of prep time. I first saw the idea here. Another set of toys we aren’t in short supply of are magnetic letters. We must have at least 3 sets. HERE’s a 72-piece package that’s super cheap! It’ll hold you for a while! I pre-stuffed the Easter eggs with the magnetic letters and then grabbed a cookie sheet.

This activity was fun and educational for the twins on a few levels. First, they loved opening each egg and being surprised by the letters they saw. Of course, they had to shout out what they found.

Now, this activity could be modified – if your kids didn’t know their letters yet, or getting their letter practice on was too easy, you could stuff the eggs with a variety of other things – like cut out shapes from construction or foam paper, colored circles to review colors, individual beans to count and sort, etc.

After the twins shared what letters they had discovered, they enjoyed sticking their letters onto the cookie sheet. Toddlers love magnets!

After they emptied all the eggs, I would go and refill them as they were playing with the cookie sheet. I have since separated out 26 eggs and stored them, stuffed with letters, in a separate bag so that whenever we travel to a relative’s house, we can just bring the bag all ready to go.

As I said, these were three of the six Easter egg activities we did over the weekend. All were a success and could be done year round! Stay tuned for Part 2, and if you haven’t already, come over and like my new Facebook page. I post not only my own activities but also the best toddler crafts and activities from around the internet!

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